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Oriko and Kakashi had made excellent time in getting back to Konoha, they’d set off late from Yugakure, as they were held up by many people who’d learned about the defeat of Gozoru; it took a surprising amount of time to even get out of the village limits.
As they appeared in front of the main gates of their home village, Oriko landed far heavier than she meant to,
“Ask Tsunade to take a look at your leg after we’ve reported back in,” Kakashi didn’t meet her eyes, and she didn’t search for them, they’d been a little ‘off’ since their last evening in Yugakure no sato – neither really wanting to push.
They nodded a brief greeting to the two guards at the gate and wandered into the village, Oriko’s face – now a rather sickly purple – seemed to attract rather a lot of attention from those they passed. Thankfully, they were at Tsunade’s office quickly and the Hokage’s expression told Oriko how bad her eye must still look,
“You’ve looked better...I assume this was the worst of the trouble you faced?” She queried
“Hai, Hokage-sama it turned out to be a small two man group with links to Raiga, but it will all be in my report...other than that, there wasn’t too much out of the ordinary,” Kakashi explained easily, Tsunade nodded,
“I’ll look forward to reading it...Oriko, how’s your eye?”
“Painful, but it’ll be fine,” Tsunade nodded again,
“Dismissed,” Oriko bowed, and turned to walk away but Kakashi slapped a hand on her shoulder, dragging her back a step, shooting her a look,
“What?” Kakashi raised an eyebrow in mild annoyance,
“You agreed to ask,”
“No, I didn’t!” She reason, remembering she didn’t respond at all to Kakashi ‘order’ earlier.
“Oriko,”
“Kakashi, you sound like a mother hen, I’ll be fine,” She rolled her eyes at him as Tsunade looked carefully between the two shinobi in front of her, with some amusement,
“You struggled to keep up over the past two days,”
“Well, what do you exp-” Tsunade cut across,
“What is Kakashi talking about, Oriko?” The younger kuniochi sighed,
“I got a small burn on my leg, but it’s alright,” She threw in a smile for good measure,
“What sort of a burn?”
“From fire/wind elemental combination blast,” Kakashi explained, the Hokage was a little surprised, as Oriko turned back to the shinobi,
“Has anyone ever told you that you fuss an awful lot?” The Jounin shot her a stern look, “That’s a yes!”
“Oriko, come with me,” The Hokage rose to her feet and walked out of the door as Kakashi removed his hand from her shoulder and both shinobi following for a short time, Kakashi flashed a warm smile at them both before leaving,
“Please take a look at her eyes as well, see you later,” He disappeared in an instant and Tsunade couldn’t help wondering of something was going on between them, Oriko was right, Kakashi was fussing...
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Oriko, slightly irritated at how slow her walking pace was due to the healing process her leg had undergone the day before, was half way to Kiyoshi’s father’s tea shop. It occurred to her just how pissed off she’d be if Kiyoshi turned out to not be there, but continued on nonetheless rubbing a hand over her eye which Tsunade had also fixed.
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Hatake Kakashi: Fascination
FanfictionKakashi thinks he's in for a nice break, free from students, after Naruto's recent departure with Jiraiya, but he hadn't counted on a beautiful stranger turning up in Konoha whom Tsunade thinks would become a powerful asset were she to be trained as...
